Speck Faces Death Penalty Trials After Eight Slayings
Convicted killer Richard Speck, found guilty of slaying eight nurses in a dormitory, faces possible electric chair with sentencing set. His lawyer, Gerald Getty, vows to pursue all appeals, while a judge could impose life imprisonment. Speck was moved to Peoria jail under guard as appeals loom.
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Peoria
Ill
Richard Speck
Speck
Cook County
Gerald W. Getty
Ucago
Getty
Corazonjout
Amarao
Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet
Chicago
Cook County Sheriffs
Chianen
Eshkol Expresses Optimism Amid Israel War
TEL AVIV AP Levi Eshkol declared that Israel would repulse the enemy and defeat his army as heavy artillery roared in Jerusalem and air raid alerts sounded in Tel Aviv. The focus was the Sinai Desert where Israeli and Egyptian forces clashed, while Tel Aviv endured three alerts and residents gathered around radios for updates.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Levi Eshkol
Jerusalem
Holy
Jordan
Sinai Desert
Power Failure Hits Jersey Coast and Nearby Cities
Widespread blackout sweeps from Newark to Trenton and beyond with power outages, broken traffic signals, and halted police HQs and state capitol. Minor fires and emergency activity noted as officials work to determine cause amid regional confusion. Newark reports many calls but no emergencies.
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Newark
Philadelphia
State Capitol
Trenton
Hackensack
Elizabeth
New Jersey
New York City
Delaware
Plumville Man Found Dead From CO Poisoning
Plumville resident Thomas Dellmhay Reed, 57, was found dead in his car at home. Indiana County Coroner Kenneth H. Sayers ruled death as carbon monoxide poisoning and stated it appeared to be self inflicted.
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Plumville
Thomas Dellmahay Reed
Indiana County
Kenneth H. Sayers
Margaret B. Sals
Bycis Kimcii
Giver
Marion Center
Unionjr
Mining Co
Kingston
Indiana Hospital
Elders
American Legion
James C
Nancy Elizabeth
VFW
LOOM
Blairsville
Clyde E
Saltsburg R.D
Ralph E
R.D
Minnie M. Mingin
Bridgeton
N. J
Shoemaker Funeral Home
Waiter L C. Wenhold
Livermore Cemetery
Homer Lee Peffer
Clymer
Wooster
Ohio
Wooster County Hospital
Marche
Harvey A
Mary Beth Wineberg Peffer
Peffer
Mildred North
Shim
Rochester
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Indiana
Clearfield ‘Bituminous Coal Co
Kenneth
Bruce Gearhart
Dillsburg
Martha
Clair
Marion Center R. D
Schenkemeyer Funeral Home
Punxsutawney
Egypt and Israel on brink of new Middle East war
US officials said Egypt moved forces into Sinai and blocked the strait, ejecting UN Emergency Forces. Cairo warned it would not cancel a Washington visit while Dayan said Israel’s aim is to sever the blockade ring and defend the country. The Cairo daily Al Ahram quoted leaders asserting readiness to fight for life and peace.
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Sinai
United Nations
Strait of Tiran
Nasser
Gamal Abdel A Nasser
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Washington
Iraq
Cairo
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Fevntians
Zakaria Mohied
Sinaidin
Mahmoud Fawzi
Piv
Johnson
Dayan
al Ahram
Mosion
Hieddin
Mahmoud
al Arab
Palestine
Damascus
Hussein
Mideast War Erupts On Three Fronts
The Egyptian high command said Israeli forces penetrated into the Sinai and Khan Younes in Gaza. British Foreign Secretary Brown warned of spreading fighting and an engulfed Jerusalem. U Thant urged Jordan to withdraw troops as UN monitors faced attacks. Israeli forces pressed the Negev and Sinai with heavy fighting and mobilization unfolding across multiple fronts.
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Sinai Desert
iKhan Younes
Gaza Strip
Cairo
Sinai
Desert
Ismailia
Suez Canal
George Brown
London
Israel
Jerusalem
Middle East
U.N
U Thant
U.N. Security Council
New York
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Hussein
Jordan
Thant
War Ministry
Injo
Brasilia
Brazil
U.S
Truce Commission
Odd Bull
Teddy Koliek
Israeli Jerusalem
Moon
Egypt
United Nations
France
Britain
United States
York
Soviet Union
Iraq
Syria
Suez Canal Zone
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Malig
Washington
White House
Council
Negev
Asell
Ezah Weizmann
Israeli General Staff
Global leaders urge end to deadly Middle East clash
As the Sinai front erupts, Britain and the Big Four seek halt to fighting. Egypt and Israel trade blame for the start of the war. Syrian and Jordanian air forces join raids on Haifa and northern Israeli airfields while ground battles intensify in Sinai and along Gaza and Jerusalem borders. Air battles claim heavy losses with claims of hundreds of planes shot down on both sides. Pope Paul VI’s Holy Land visit is noted amid the turmoil.
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Washington
White House
Council
Britain
Sinai Desert
Egypt
Cairo
Damascus
Haifa
Israel
Amman
Sinai Desert Front
Gaza’ Strip
Jerusalem
Sinai
Syria
Megiddo
Paul VI
Jordan
Misrael
Holy Land
Nethanya
Tel Aviv
Channel Swim In Topless Suit Controversy Clears
Linda McGill, a 20 year old Australian, plans to swim the English Channel in a topless swimsuit. The Channel Swimming Association cleared her bid noting they have no costume rules but ban artificial swimming aids.
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Dover
England
Linda McGill
English Channel
Channel Swimming Association
Pendergast Named Head of State AP
AP reports Tom Pendergast named chief of bureau for Pennsylvania and Delaware, replacing retiring Joseph Snyder. Pendergast, 35, moves from Richmond to direct AP activities in Philadelphia, while Snyder stays on for special projects after July 1. Snyder, 65, became Philadelphia bureau chief in 1947 after a long AP career starting in 1916.
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New York
Wes Gallagher
Tom Pendergast
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Joseph Snyder
Pendergast
Richmond
News Cooperative
Philadelphia
Snyder
Virginia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
St. Louis
The
Denver
Tor
Rocky Mountain
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Fort Morgan
Colorado
London Expresses Grave Concern and Launches Big Four Talks
Britain voiced grave concern over Middle East fighting and started urgent talks among the Big Four to restore peace. Prime Minister Wilson sent messages to Johnson and Kosygin, while Foreign Secretary Brown convened envoys from France, the United States and Russia for separate meetings to secure backing for a concerted halt to the conflict. Arab diplomats in London planned a meeting with Brown as the Foreign Office withheld specifics from a daily briefing.
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London
Britain
Middle East
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
George Brown
France
United States
Russia
Brown
Foreign Office
Cairo
NATO Meets Paris for Secret Middle East Talks
The permanent council of NATO met in a special secret session to discuss the fighting in the Middle East.
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Paris
Permanent Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Middle East
Three Area Fatalities On Weekend
The Associated Press reports twenty people died in Pennsylvania during the weekend from Friday p.m. through Sunday midnight. Causes included a skydiver parachute entanglement, a radio antenna worker electrocuted, drownings, and multiple vehicle crashes. Victims span Lewistown Delmont Clearfield Leechburg New Alexandria Blairsville Lebanon Kutztown Pittsburgh Washington Warren Butler State College and other towns, with ages from 14 to 67.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Clearfield
Delmont
Samuel Floyd Stephenson
Leechburg
R.D
Tomer
Patricia Ann Smeal
Sylvia Jean Grace
Woodland
Lewistown
Glenn D. Miller
Mattawana
Mifflin County
Here
New Alexandria
Stanley J. Palmer
Natrona Heights
Latrobe Hospital
Blairsville
John J. Yelenie
Indiana County
Lebanon
Gary L. Stohler
Shaefferstown
Kutztown
Stuart Lee Nye
Laureldale
Berks County
Pittsburgh
Nick Cicolini
New Kensington
Washington
Woodford Arbaugh
Georgetown
Florence
Warren
James L. Beichner
North Warren
Allegheny
Kinzuaam
Butler
Lee E. Muir
Fenetton
Butler County
State College
William J. Milton
Centre County Hospital
Bellefonte
Obituaries of McLaughlin Babich and others from Indiana area
Long obituary list detailing the deaths of Peter Babich and related family notices in Indiana area papers. It covers birth, marriage, church affiliations, and survivors including spouses, children, grandchildren, and siblings, with information on funeral arrangements and burial.
Bombers Hit Israeli Oil Ref refinery fire reported
Syrian Defense Ministry says air force bombed the Haifa oil refinery. other Arab air forces and Jordanian bombers claim joint strikes on Israeli territory with claims of Israeli fighter losses. In Blairsville a local man John J. Yelenic dies in a Route 22 crash near Blairsville. details of his service and survivors provided.
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Damascus
Syrian Defense Ministry
Haifa
Mediterranean
Defense Ministry
Arab High Command
Cairo
Pope Appeals To U Thant For Peace In Middle East
Vatican City AP reports Pope Paul VI urged U.N. Secretary General U Thant to press the United Nations to halt Middle East fighting. The Pope proposed Jerusalem be declared an open city if the situation worsens and called for military restraint and unity among nations.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
U.N
U Thant
United Nations
Middle East
Jerusalem
Devine Mercy
United Nations Organization
Explosion Injures Three Aboard Kearsarge Off California
Navy officials investigate an explosion and fire on the aircraft carrier Kearsarge during maneuvers off the Southern California coast. Three crewmen Kenneth Becker Bruce Anderson and Charles Hurley were burned but in satisfactory condition and treated at San Diego Naval Hospital.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Kearsarge
California
Kenneth Becker
Bruce Anderson
Charles Hurley
San Diego Naval Hospital
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Bernice) McMeans
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Mary) Setonovich
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Ntase
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Brandywine
Prince George Hospiital
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Edward Wadding
B. E. Lightcap
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Robert J.krause
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Alva
Cora) Cox
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Carl
Bernice) Salsgiver
Charles
Nellisie) Anschutz
Ambridge
John J. Yelenic
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Anna Ko»sic Yelenic
John Yelenic
Yelenic
U.S. Navy
University of Pittsburgh
Derry Area
BPO wElks
Ss, Simon and Juds Church
Mary Lois Swasy Yelenie
Smother
Frank P
Blair
Siville
Micchael F. Hallow
SS. Simon and Jude Church
Church
Gugette
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